National Republican., 1887-02-14

sham trlal-there mas never been anything so
indecent or unfair In the Tombs court of New
Why, they hustled Him into the court
room at 2 o'clock in the morning. They
gave Him no time for counsel. They
Win Witnesses. The raiaans uR Who we're YER WANDERING
around through the midnight, of course they
saw the arrest and went into the court room.
But Jesns's friends were sober men, we're were re-
tho morning. of course they were at home
asleep. Consequently, Christ entered the
conIt room with the ru!ians. ,,
for Him. l lit the lantern until can look
into His face, ana as my heart beats In SYM
pathy Tor this, the best friend the world ever
had, Himself now utterly frlendless, an ohcer
of the court room comes up and smltes Him in
the mouth, and / see the blood stealing from
gum and lip. oh, 1t was farce of trial,
lasting only perhaps an hour, and then the
judge rises for the sentence 1t is ag linst the
law 10 give sentence unless there has been un
adjournment Of the court between condemns.
tion and sentence: but what cares this Judge
for the lawP THE man has no friends: let
him die" says the Judge, and the ruiliaus out
side the rail cry; Aha aha that's what we
Mant.his blood, Hand him out 4, here e, o to
] bless God thai, amid oil the injustice thlt
may be inflicted upon us In this world, we
have divine sympaibizer The world can.
they did Christ and Jesus stands to day In
every court room, in every home. In every
store. and says: Courage by all My hours OF
who are trampied on" And when Christ for.
gets that o'clock morning scene. and the
stroke of the ruilian on the mouth, and the
bowling of the unwashed crowd, then He will
forget You and me in the injustices Of life that
may be inflicted upon us.
some of you want deliverance from your
troubles. God knows you have enough OF them
troubles, financial troubles. You have been
gathering them up, some perhaps for five or
six or seven years. and you have divided them
into two classes-those you can tax about and
gIiefs are the most grinding and depressing
which you cannot mention you get coincidence
for the things you can speak q, while you get
In yonr school days yol learned how to bonnd
the states, and could tell what rivers and lakes
and mountains ran through them. II you
you would say 1t is bounded on the north by
trouble, and on the south by trouble, and on
the east by trouble, and on the west by troTble.
mountains Of disaster run through it, What
are you going to do with your troubles? Why
do you not 20 to the theater and have y, ySp,r
boards of the stage Is tame compared with
the tragedy, of my own liier' Well,
then Why do you not 60 to your tri1ss 1Ss
memories of your departed, friends and put
them out of sight aud take down their pic.
lures from the wall and put in the frame
"Ah," you say. "if ! should remove all these
mementoes OF my departed friends that would
not take away the killing pictures that are
il that does not help you, why not plunge into
gaysiieso -, al those -, assoI@en.; M tents Of, ,, ,hS
SSW can hear Eo ohSyr chdsS S laugh When my
children are silent? How can | see other
happy families when my own happy family
is broken m? Trouble, troublr!" But do you
gain anything by broolng over your misfor.
tunes, by sitting down in dark room. by q
a comparison OF the sweet past with the bitter
present? mo; that makes things worse .Bnt
] have to tell you to day that tae Christ of all
sympathy presents Himself
Is there anybody in this house that can get
along. without sympathy do not thlnk
would live day without IL. And yet there
are a great many who seem TO get along with.
out any divine sympathy. Their iorElnc in
the counting room, or in the store, or IN the
INSURANCE. company takes wings aud illes
away. They button up Z penniless nooket
They sit down in penury whore once they had
ahluence, aud yet there Is no Jesus to stand by
them and say, oh man. there are treasures
that never fail In banks that never break |
win take care of You. l own the cattle on 2
thousand hills. and You shall never want"
They have no snch divine Savior to say that TO
comes to the nursery. one voice less In the
household. One less fountain of joy aud
laughter. Two hands less to be busy all day.
Two feet less to bound through the hall.
Shadow after shadow following through that
household, yet no Jesus to stand there aud say:
~ am the shepherd. That lamb Is not lost,
] took II OF the cold mountains. airs we'll"
oh, can you tell me the mystery? Can you
solve II? Tell me how II is that men aud
women with aches, and pains, and sorrows,
and losses, and exasperatons, and btreaye-
ments can get along without sympathlzing
Christ Ioannot understand IT,
But come here TO say this morning that II
you really want divine sympathy you can
have II There are two or three passages OF
Scripture thnt throb with pity ana kindness
and love- cast thy burden on the Lord